avanti

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin ab ante.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈvan.ti/
  • Rhymes: -anti
  • Hyphenation: a‧vàn‧ti

Adjective

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avanti (invariable)

  1. (dated, of time units, follows noun) previous, prior, last
    La settimana avanti.Last week.

Adverb

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avanti

  1. forward, ahead, onward
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXI, p. 321 vv. 91-93:
      Per ch'io mi mossi e a lui venni ratto, ¶ e i diavoli si fecer tutti avanti, ¶ sì ch'io temetti ch'ei tenesser patto; [...]
      Wherefore I started and came swiftly to him, ¶ and all the devils forward thrust themselves, ¶ so that I feared they would not keep their compact; [...]
  2. (dated, rare) before, ere (followed by di or che)
    Deve pensare molto avanti di decidere.He needs to think a lot before deciding.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto III, p. 45 vv. 118-120:
      Così sen vanno su per l'onda bruna, ¶ e avanti che sien di là discese, ¶ anche di qua nuova schiera s'auna.
      So they depart across the dusky wave, ¶ and ere upon the other side they land ¶ again on this side a new troop assembles.
  3. (dated, rare) rather than (followed by che)
    Vorrei morire avanti che commettere una simile azione.I'd rather die than doing such a thing.

Derived terms

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Interjection

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avanti

  1. come in!
  2. come on! (expressing encouragement)
  3. go on!
  4. next

Preposition

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avanti

  1. (dated, rare) before, in front of (a place) (may or may not be followed by a)
    Synonyms: (all more common) davanti, dinanzi, innanzi
    Avanti a lui.In front of him.
    Avanti casa.In front of the house.
  2. (dated) before (in time)
    Synonyms: (more common) prima, (rare) innanzi
    Avanti l'alba.Before dawn.

Derived terms

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Noun

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avanti m (invariable)

  1. (soccer, rugby, water polo) player whose main objective is scoring points; forward

References

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  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further reading

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  • avanti in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • avanti in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • avanti in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • avanti in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • avanti in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • avanti in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • avanti in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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